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Spurn Lighthouse

There’s an other-worldy atmosphere at Spurn Point, a precarious spit of land jutting out into the Humber estuary. Managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, this National Nature Reserve is a world-renowned haven for migratory birds, unique coastal habitats, and historic military ruins.

Built in 1895, the historic, fully restored Spurn lighthouse offers sweeping views of the North Sea and the Humber – albeit via a steep and narrow climb up five floors and a final vertical ladder.

This lighthouse drawing was one of the most intricate coastal landscape illustrations I’ve created. The marram grass surrounding the lighthouse required layer upon layer of marker work to capture its texture, depth, and movement. Working slowly across the foreground dunes, I built up the overlapping grasses strand by strand, creating a sense of atmosphere and place leading up to the lighthouse emerging from this windswept setting.